titanium

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"It would be best if the titanium was antibacterial at wavelengths of light that you find indoors, such as fluorescent light, so that paints containing the nanoparticles could be used in hospitals and other places where a clean environment is important," said Lucia Caballero from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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  1. noun A strong, low-density, highly corrosion-resistant, lustrous white metallic element that occurs widely in igneous rocks and is used to alloy aircraft metals for low weight, strength, and high-temperature stability. Atomic number 22; atomic weight 47.87 melting point 1,660°C; boiling point 3,287°C; specific gravity 4.54; valence 2, 3, 4. See Table at element.

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  • It's put five hundred billion dollars into the Moon and gotten back a little over twenty-five billion dollars of magnesium, titanium, and assorted light metals. —  GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION
  • Usually his team used nitrogen gas as background while coating an aluminum target with a hard titanium, also introduced into the hot, gaseous chamber. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 02 - August 1996
  • At the interface of the bone and titanium, the bone cells lose circulation and nutrients. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • Clad in titanium, the Sony TG7VE is designed to be tough but lightweight. —  Image-Acquire.com
  • Bruker EAS GmbH in Germany manufactures and sells over 20,000 miles of niobium-titanium (NbTi) and niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) LTS wire annually.
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  1. From Latin Tītān, Titan; see Titan.

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  1. New Latin, so called in fanciful allusion to the Titans; from Latin Titan, from Greek τιτάν, Titan: see Titan.
 

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